Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 631-100, Thomas Dobson, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Dobson, Thomas
B.I.W. 631-100
CONTENTS

No 631.
Thomas Dobson.
Private.
2 d Reg t Penn a Line. Revol. War.
W. to issue
Noted on S t : 21 st March 1814.

(No Date)
Thomas Dobson, affiant for a Land W t . requests it may be delivered to the Hon ble Jared Irwin, M. C. —

To the Honorable General John Armstrong Secretary of the War Office
Sir, The Honorable Zane Irwin Member of Congress from the State of Pennsylvania will apply to you for a Land Warrant in my Behalf for my Cote of Military Bounty Lands for Revolutionary services which Warrant I beg your Honor to deliver to the said Zane Irwin who will sign a Receipt for the same on my behalf: Sir with every due Respect I am your very Obedient Servt Thomas D. Son Feb 19 th 1822 Monroe Tenn. 1807 H d County

Original Discharge of Thomas Dobson.
(2 Regt. Penna. Line) — together with Certificates of Identity. —

Northumberland County
Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the justices of the peace in & for the said County of North d William Dobson of Lower Mahanoy Township in the said County of Northumberland who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that he knows the said Thomas Dobson who is named in the Discharge hereto annexed to be the said Thomas Dobson who served in the Second Regiment of Pennsylvania Troops who was enlisted for the war and that he is the said Thomas Dobson who received the said Discharge hereto annexed. And that he the said Thomas Dobson is a live and a Resident of Lower Mahanoy Township in the said County of North d and State aforesaid. And further this Deponent saith not sworn & subscribed before me the 14 th day of February 1814  William Dobson Mark  Hugh Brannon
I do certify that the above named William Dobson is a Worthy and Respectable Farmer of Lower Mahanoy Township North d and a person whose word is worthy of Credibility & who for a number of years has acted as a Militia Major in said County of North d as Witness my Hand & Seal at George Town Lower Mahanoy Township Northumberland County the 14 th day of February 1814  Hugh Brannon
Northumberland County
Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the justices of the peace in & for the said County of North d George Brannell of George Town Lower Mahanoy Township in the said County of Northumberland who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that he knows the

Northumberland County
Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in & for the said County of Northumberland George Burrell of George Town Lower Mahanoy Township in the said County of Northumberland: who being duly sworn according to law did Depose and say that he believes the said Thomas Dobson who is named in the Discharge hereto annexed to be the said Thomas Dobson who served in the Second Regiment of Pennsylvania Troops who was enlisted for the warps and that he is the said Thomas Dobson who received the said Discharge hereto annexed: And that he the said Thomas Dobson is yet a live and a Resident of Lower Mahanoy Township in the said County of Northumberland State aforesaid.
And further this Deponent saith Not sworn & subscribed before me the 14 th day of February Domini 1884 Hugh Brunsdon
George Burrell
I do certify that the above named George Burrell is a Respectable Inhabitant of George Town Lower Mahanoy Township in the County of Northumberland a person who is of good credit & who for several years past has acted in the Capacity of a Constable & has Discharged the duties of said office with fidelity: as Witness my hand & seal at George Town Lower Mahanoy Township Northumberland the 14 th day of February A.D. 1884
Hugh Brunsdon
Northumberland County
Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in & for the said County of Northumberland Thomas Dobson who on his solemn oath taken according to law did Depose and say that he is Identically the person who received the Discharge for Military Services hereto annexed & further saith Not sworn & subscribed before me the 14 th day of February A.D. 1884
Thomas Dobson
Hugh Brunsdon

THESE are to CERTIFY that the bearer hereof Thos. Dabson a soldier in the Second  Infantry regiment, having faithfully served the United States from 3 rd Jan y 1883 to the Present Date and being enlisted for the war, is hereby discharged from the American army.
13 mo. p d  Al
Given at the war office the 20 th June 1893
This 10 th M th Pay yet due
By order of the secretary at war,
E. Root
Registered in the books of the regiment,
Land drawn Office
W. H. Huston adjutant.

War Office, 20 th June 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the bearer as a discharge, until the ratification of the definitive treaty of peace; previous to which time, and until proclamation thereof shall be made, he is to be considered as being on furlough.
The Public Record Office
B. LINCOLN.
Thomas Dobson Box 775. 631-100 Penn.

Land Survey
25 th Jan y - 1814.
Claim of Geo s Dobson.
Schomberg of
William Dobson &
George Bonnell
Noted on Pl. 25 th Jan y 1814.

Northumberland County, ss.
Personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of North o William Dobson & George Borell Both of Lower Mahanoy Township in the said County of North o and State of Pennsylvania who Being Both duly sworn according to Law did Depose and say That they know the said Thomas Dobson who is Named in the Discharge hereto annexed to be the said Thomas Dobson who served in the Second Regiment of Pennsylvania Troops who was entitled for the War and that he is the person who Received the said annexed Discharge, And that he the said Thomas Dobson is yet a live and a Resident of Lower Mahanoy Township in the County of Northumberland & State of Pennsylvania and further these Deponents saith Not.
Sworn & subscribed Before me the 23 rd Day of January Damine 1814 Hugh Brunsan William Dobson his Mark George Borell

State of Pennsylvania
Northernumberland County set:
I Hugh Bellas, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the county aforesaid, do certify that, Hugh Branson esquire, before whom the preferred affidavits were made, and whose name is to them subscribed, then was, & yet is, a Justice of the Peace of said county, to all whose acts as such, due faith & credit are, and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere.
In testimony of which, I have hereto subscribed my name, & affixed the seal of said Court, the nineteenth day of February A.D. Eighteen hundred & fourteen.
Hu Bellas. Proth.